Progress & Welfare Manager (Year 7) in Leeds

Job title and organisation: Progress & Welfare Manager (Year 7) - Allerton Grange School, Do you believe in inspiring students to be the very best they can be? Would you like to be a dynamic and inspirational Year Manager with a desire to secure the very best, both academically and pastorally, for students? If so, we want to hear from you! We wish to appoint a well-motivated and talented Year Manager to join our Behaviour and Welfare Team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting student progress and wellbeing, with a particular focus on Year 7 and ensuring a smooth and successful transition from Year 6 to secondary school. This Progress and Welfare Manager role (often called a Head of Year or Pastoral Lead in some schools) is a non-teaching professional position. Working closely with the Key Stage Leader, the postholder will help to embed the four cornerstones of the KLAS curriculum: knowledge, literacy, aspirational enrichment and social mobility. Our Culture We are proud to be a school delivering an exceptional quality of education. We are true to our core values and enable our employees to engage in challenging and rewarding work, whilst at the same time supporting them to aspire, grow and succeed. We believe that engaged, motivated and happy staff are the foundation of a successful school community. Our Values The Allerton Grange values are the behaviours and qualities that are valued in fellow employees and our staff community. At Allerton Grange, we place particular emphasis on the following values, behaviours and qualities. This means we are looking to recruit and promote people who live these values on a daily basis.

• Integrity

  Highly motivated, positive colleague who can contribute to ensuring excellent standards in all areas of school life

• Have a proven track record of success
• Have experience of working with students
• Have the ability to inspire, engage and enthuse students, staff and the wider community.
• Have a professional drive, energy, determination and aspiration.
• Collaborate and work with key leaders across school to support further school improvement.

  We will offer:-

• A talented, supportive staff team and a culture rooted in professional growth.
• Excellent benefits including a generous pension, enhanced leave, strong wellbeing support, access to a wide range of discounts and initiatives, and a clear commitment to flexible working, with requests for varied working arrangements welcomed as part of our approach to staff wellbeing.
• Outstanding facilities, including free onsite parking with EV charging points, gym access, and a modern, well-resourced building.
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and work-life balance, underpinned by a fair workload charter and staff voice framework.
• A Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governing Body dedicated to creating a school of outstanding practice.
• Excellent professional development opportunities, including a subject-specific CPD model aimed at deepening subject knowledge.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives